Word: godly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some miracle the squabbling mujahedin political leaders and their allied military field commanders reach agreement, their determined resistance to any Communist representation in the new government all but ensures that Najibullah will continue to struggle for his political life. Last week, his voice cracking uncharacteristically, Najibullah proclaimed, "God is with us. The people are with us. We will win the war." But the extent of the President's fear was evident as the regime summoned the 30,000 members of the ruling People's Democratic Party who have been newly armed with automatic rifles and are intended to serve...
...God's Favorite...
Tonight's presentation of Neil Simon's God's Favorite should be a humorous look at life in wealthy suburbia. The comedy is a reworking of the story of Job and follows the adventures of Joe Benjamin, a wealthy Jewish resident of Long Island. God's Favorite did not receive rave reviews at the time of its publication, as critics complained that its stereotyping of suburban life was trite and unoriginal. It will be interesting to see how the Hillel players present the play...
When Nietzsche said that God is dead, he said there would have to be created a new set of values to replace the values of Christianity. God was dead, but guilt was not, and there was no way to absolve it. That, perhaps, is exactly the period we are in. No use saying we are going to return to the dissenting Protestant view of sexual morality at the turn of the century...
...chorus as everyone flails and pummels the fallen hero. And yet after his punishment on the stage of the Brooklyn Academy of Music last week, a wonderful thing happened. Falstaff mysteriously rose above his tormentors and soared into space, a paunchy carouser suddenly transformed into a kind of pagan god of pleasure...